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The White World According to Daliborek by Vít Klusák

FNE IDF DocBloc: Czech Dream – Klusák and Remunda Retrospective in Moscow

FNE Staff Czech Republic 2018-08-17

Three Moscow cinemas will screen eight films by Czech documentary filmmakers Vít Klusák and Filip Remunda from 19 to 23 September 2018, as part of the Czech Dream retrospective.

MIDPOINT Feature Launch Offers 10,000 EUR Cash Prize

FNE Staff Czech Republic 2018-08-14

KARLOVY VARY: The best project in the MIDPOINT Feature Launch programme will receive a cash prize of 10,000 EUR, starting from 2019. The winner will be announced at the Karlovy…

FNE IDF DocBloc: Editor's Place in Czech Documentary: Jana Vlčková

FNE Staff Czech Republic 2018-08-10

Click HERE to read the interview with leading Czech editor Jana Vlčková

BOX OFFICE: Two Domestic Films in Czech Weekend Top Ten

FNE Staff Czech Republic 2018-08-09

PRAGUE: Czech films Bear with Us/Chata na prodej by Tomas Pavlicek and Smiles of Sad Men/Úsměvy smutných mužů by Dan Svátek were ranked the 5th and the 6th respectively in…

GRANTS: Czech Film Fund Distributes Over 82,000 EUR for Documentary Production and Feature Film Development

FNE Staff Czech Republic 2018-08-09

PRAGUE: Czech Film Fund allotted 82,353 EUR/21 m CZK in grant support for documentary production and feature film development. A total of 23 projects received funding.

Crowd Funding Campaign for the Czech Premiere of Warsaw Pact Army Invasion Doc

FNE Staff Czech Republic 2018-08-08

PRAGUE: Czech Analog Vision, the production company behind the archive documentary My Unknown Soldier by Anna Kryvenko, launched a crowd funding campaign to support the theatrical release of the film…

MIDPOINT TV Launch Announces Development Executives Training

FNE Staff Czech Republic 2018-08-08

PRAGUE: At its 2019 edition MIDPOINT TV Launch will organise a specialised training for development executives. This part of the programme is intended to create a new generation of broadcaster…

FNE IDF DocBloc: Martin Horyna: There Is Still a Reason to Separate Documentary Films

FNE Staff Czech Republic 2018-07-27

Click HERE to read an interview with documentary film expert Martin Horyna, member of the Programme Department at the Karlovy Vary IFF and one of the three main persons selecting…

PRODUCTION: Czech Director Julius Ševčík’s The Glass Room with International Cast Wraps Shooting

FNE Staff Czech Republic 2018-07-26

PRAGUE: Czech/Slovak coproduction The Glass Room, directed by Julius Ševčík, has wrapped shooting. The film stars acclaimed European and Czech actors. Renowned Polish editor Jaroslaw Kaminski (Ida and Cold War,…

Oscar Winning Czech Director Jan Sverak to Release Re-mastered Early Hits

Anna Franklin Czech Republic 2018-07-20

PRAGUE: Oscar winning Czech director Jan Sverak has re-mastered and re-released theatrically his 1994 comedy hit Akumulator I. The film is the second in a series of Sverak’s early films…

BOX OFFICE: Czech Film Enters Top 3 after First Weekend

FNE Staff Czech Republic 2018-07-20

PRAGUE: Czech comedy/drama Smiles of Sad Men / Úsmevy smutných muzu by Dan Svátek opened on 12 July and went directly to number 3 in the local box office.

FNE IDF DocBloc: The System Is Working. Now We Need to Go Beyond Its Borders

FNE Staff Czech Republic 2018-07-20

Czech film producer and director Radim Procházka sat down with the Institute of Documentary Film to speak about the current state of Czech documentary film from the perspective of a…

MIDPOINT Call for Applications 2019

FNE Staff Czech Republic 2018-07-18

PRAGUE: Applications for MIDPOINT Feature Launch 2019 , MIDPOINT Shorts 2019 and MIDPOINT TV Launch 2019 can be sent in until 21 September 2018.

GRANTS: Czech Film Fund Announces New Grants

Denisa Strbova Czech Republic 2018-07-13

PRAGUE: The Czech Film Fund allotted 1.41 m EUR / 36.6 m CZK for the production of nine long and short animated films and 173,544 EUR / 4.5m CZK as…

The Last Ice Hunters by Jure Breceljnik and Rožle Bregar

FNE IDF DocBloc: East Silver at SiciliAmbiente

FNE Staff Czech Republic 2018-07-13

East Silver has long time partnerships with festivals all around the world. The new partnerships include the Slovak festival Cinematik Piešťany, Russian festivals Pacific Meridian and Saratov Sufferings IFFDD and…

Who's Partying at Cottbus Brunch at KVIFF 2018

FNE Staff Czech Republic 2018-07-12

See who was at the traditional Cottbus Film Festival and Connecting Cottbus Brunch in Karlovy Vary. The 28th Cottbus Film Festival of Eastern European cinema takes place this year from…

I Do Not Care If We Go Down in History as Barbarians by Radu Jude

FNE at KVIFF 2018: Prize Winners: Radu Jude’s I Do Not Care If We Go Down in History as Barbarians Wins Grand Prix

Anna Franklin Czech Republic 2018-07-09

KARLOVY VARY: The Romanian film I Do Not Care If We Go Down in History as Barbarians directed by Radu Jude took home the Crystal Globe and a cash prize…

FNE at KVIFF 2018: Czech Film Industry Calls For Increased Tax Incentives

Anna Franklin Czech Republic 2018-07-06

KARLOVY VARY: The Czech film industry is calling for increased tax incentives. During the Karlovy Vary Film Festival the Czech Minister of Culture backed calls to increase tax incentives for…

FNE at KVIFF 2018: International Sales for Panic Attack

FNE Staff Czech Republic 2018-07-06

KARLOVY VARY: Paweł Maślona’s black comedy Panic Attack, which is currently competing in Karlovy Vary’s main competition, was sold by New Europe Film Sales to Greece (Neo), Lithuania (Kino Pavasaris),…

FESTIVALS: Jean-Luc Godard's 22nd Ji.hlava IDFF Spot Released

FNE Staff Czech Republic 2018-07-06

KARLOVY VARY: The spot of the 22nd Ji.hlava IDFF made by Jean-Luc Godard has been officially released at the 53rd Karlovy Vary IFF. The 2018 Ji.hlava IDFF will take place…